Reading CDRW disks on older CDrom?

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Colin

I'm running XPhome and I saved some data files to a CDRW disk that was
formatted with Direct cd.

I tried to read the disk on a friends older Pentium 1 computer and it showed
up as a blank cd.

Is there a way for me to be able to get his cdrom to recognize my Direct cd
disk so he can get the files off of it? (I don't want to waste a CDR just
for a few files.)

Thanks for any info

Colin
 
You need a UDF software update. Some old CDROMs don't have
a sensitive reader and won't read CD-RW disks at all. CD-R
disks are a little more reflective and can be read.

Your problem could therefore be lack of software to read the
Direct CD format or an old CDROM.

You can download a UDF reader from www.roxio.com and you can
buy a new CDROM very cheap. In fact, why not buy your friend
a $40 CD-RW drive for being so nice to let you use his
computer.


| I'm running XPhome and I saved some data files to a CDRW
disk that was
| formatted with Direct cd.
|
| I tried to read the disk on a friends older Pentium 1
computer and it showed
| up as a blank cd.
|
| Is there a way for me to be able to get his cdrom to
recognize my Direct cd
| disk so he can get the files off of it? (I don't want to
waste a CDR just
| for a few files.)
|
| Thanks for any info
|
| Colin
|
|
 
Colin said:
I'm running XPhome and I saved some data files to a CDRW disk that was
formatted with Direct cd.

I tried to read the disk on a friends older Pentium 1 computer and it showed
up as a blank cd.

Is there a way for me to be able to get his cdrom to recognize my Directcd
disk so he can get the files off of it? (I don't want to waste a CDR just
for a few files.)
Click to expand...

He would have to have Direct CD or a udf file system reader program
installed on his machine. For the purpose, the free udfread from either
the Adaptec site or the roxio one would do the trick.

But there is in addition always a possibility on a machine of that age
that the drive itself is not 'Multiread' and physically cannot read a
CD-RW.
 
Did it say that for win98se? What they describe as happening will only
happen if the drivers are available to install. I would install the drivers
to be sure they are there and ready to use. If it still doesn't work than I
would suspect the CDROM needing an upgrade, and like Colin said, they're not
all that costly.

Chris
 
Oops...like Jim said.

Sorry Jim :)
Chris

Chris said:
Did it say that for win98se? What they describe as happening will only
happen if the drivers are available to install. I would install the drivers
to be sure they are there and ready to use. If it still doesn't work than I
would suspect the CDROM needing an upgrade, and like Colin said, they're not
all that costly.

Chris
Click to expand...
 
It's now problem, I can't even keep by sons names separate.

Jim
Saw a CD-RW for $19 on the web the other day, with software.


| Oops...like Jim said.
|
| Sorry Jim :)
| Chris
|
| | > Did it say that for win98se? What they describe as
happening will only
| > happen if the drivers are available to install. I would
install the
| drivers
| > to be sure they are there and ready to use. If it still
doesn't work than
| I
| > would suspect the CDROM needing an upgrade, and like
Colin said, they're
| not
| > all that costly.
| >
| > Chris
| >
| > | > > Thanks for the response. I checked help for cdcreator
5 and it says that
| > the
| > > udf 1.5 reader will be automatically installed when I
insert the cdrw
| > disk.
| > > It also says something about needing a multiread drive
and I suspect his
| > > drive is not multiread (he is on a limited budget so I
don't think he
| will
| > > want to buy another drive). He is using win98se as OS.
| > >
| > > Any more suggestions appreciated.
| > >
| > > Colin
| > >
| > >
| > > | > > > It may not be the CDROM drive. What OS is the older
compt running?
| You
| > > may
| > > > need to install a UDF reader driver on the older
comp.
| > > > Try here
http://www.roxio.com/en/support/udfwin/udfwinvhist.html
| > > >
| > > > Chris
| > > >
| > > > | > > > > I'm running XPhome and I saved some data files to
a CDRW disk that
| was
| > > > > formatted with Direct cd.
| > > > >
| > > > > I tried to read the disk on a friends older
Pentium 1 computer and
| it
| > > > showed
| > > > > up as a blank cd.
| > > > >
| > > > > Is there a way for me to be able to get his cdrom
to recognize my
| > Direct
| > > > cd
| > > > > disk so he can get the files off of it? (I don't
want to waste a CDR
| > > just
| > > > > for a few files.)
| > > > >
| > > > > Thanks for any info
| > > > >
| > > > > Colin
| > > > >
| > > > >
| > > >
| > > >
| > >
| > >
| >
| >
|
|
 
Thank you all for your response. I tried another cdrw disk and this time it
installed the udf reader and now it reads all cdrw disks. Now I just have to
figure out what kind of memory he needs so I can help him upgrade his
memory.

Thank you all again
Colin


Colin said:
I'm running XPhome and I saved some data files to a CDRW disk that was
formatted with Direct cd.

I tried to read the disk on a friends older Pentium 1 computer and it showed
up as a blank cd.

Is there a way for me to be able to get his cdrom to recognize my Direct cd
disk so he can get the files off of it? (I don't want to waste a CDR just
for a few files.)
Click to expand...

He would have to have Direct CD or a udf file system reader program
installed on his machine. For the purpose, the free udfread from either
the Adaptec site or the roxio one would do the trick.

But there is in addition always a possibility on a machine of that age
that the drive itself is not 'Multiread' and physically cannot read a
CD-RW.
 
The memory type can be determined by getting one or even
both of these free programs.

Bel Arc Advisor www.belarc.com
AIDA32 from http://www.aida32.hu/aida32.php

These will report the motherboard make, model and serial
number and the type of memory installed. You can use the
information directly or you can plug it into the memory
finders that Crucial and Kingston have.


| Thank you all for your response. I tried another cdrw disk
and this time it
| installed the udf reader and now it reads all cdrw disks.
Now I just have to
| figure out what kind of memory he needs so I can help him
upgrade his
| memory.
|
| Thank you all again
| Colin
|
|
message
| | Colin wrote:
|
| >I'm running XPhome and I saved some data files to a CDRW
disk that was
| >formatted with Direct cd.
| >
| >I tried to read the disk on a friends older Pentium 1
computer and it
| showed
| >up as a blank cd.
| >
| >Is there a way for me to be able to get his cdrom to
recognize my Direct cd
| >disk so he can get the files off of it? (I don't want to
waste a CDR just
| >for a few files.)
|
| He would have to have Direct CD or a udf file system
reader program
| installed on his machine. For the purpose, the free
udfread from either
| the Adaptec site or the roxio one would do the trick.
|
| But there is in addition always a possibility on a
machine of that age
| that the drive itself is not 'Multiread' and physically
cannot read a
| CD-RW.
|
|
| --
| Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
| Bournemouth, U.K. (e-mail address removed)
|
|
 
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